This Time in History NOTABLE EVENTS IN WORLD/U.S. HISTORY - CONTINUED 2000 - 2014 2008 Oil prices in the U.S. hit a record $147 per barrel IMMANUEL MILESTONES Global financial crisis - stock market crashed 2006 Pre-school added to school 2009 shooting - 12 servicemen killed, 31 injured An association formed with Grace Church in Hutchinson, thus Immanuel H1N1 (swine flu) global pandemic Lutheran School and Children of Grace Pre-School 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill - 4.9 million barrels of oil spilt into the Gulf of Mexico Pastors 2011 Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. Representative, shot & critically injured in Tucson, Ronald Siemers (1995-2001) Daniel Reich (2001-present) AZX, 6 others killed Principals/Teachers , U.S. most wanted terrorist, killed by U.S. Navy Seals in Timothy Schuh (1997-2006) Cheryl Schuh (1997-2006) Pakistan Koreen Koehler (2000-2002) Leanne Reich (2002-2004) A nuclear catastrophe in Tokyo resulted from a 9.0 earthquake in Japan Justin Groth (2006-2010) Heidi Groth (2006-2010) One of the deadliest tornado season known in U.S. history - amongst the most Kristin (Slovik) Utsch (2008-present) Alex Vandenberg (2010-present) devastating was in Joplin, MO Stephanie Vandenberg (2010-present) 2012 Hurricane Sandy caused devastation along the east coast - 132 deaths; $82 billion in damages WELS/LUTHERAN KEYPOINTS Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT - killed 26 people 2001 Time of Grace began airing on TV of which 20 were children between the ages of 6 and 7 2008 Christian Worship Supplement published 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings - two pressure cookers used in explosions; killed

U.S. PRESIDENTS 3, injured 264 Bill Clinton (1993-2001) EF5 tornado struck Moore, OK - claimed 25 lives, $2 billion in damages George W. Bush (2001-2009) Edward J. Snowden, a former contractor for the , is (2009-present) charged by the U.S. government for espionage after he revealed he leaked documents detailing mass-surveillance programs by the U.S. government NOTABLE EVENTS IN WORLD/U.S. HISTORY Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, 2000 USS Cole bombed in Yemeni waters, killing 17 U.S. Navy sailors hit the Philippines and Vietnam, caused massive devastation with at least the Dot-com bubble burst 6,241 deaths 2001 No Child Left Behind Act education reform bill passed The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) begins registering people for the September 11 terrorist attacks - 19 terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed expanded federal government health insurance program them into The World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, 2014 Malaysia Flight 376 disappeared en route from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur PA; nearly 3000 killed and over 6,000 injured 276 women and girls from Nigerian school abducted & held hostage War in Coal mine explosion and fires killed 301 miners in Turkey U.S. Patriot Act - increased law enforcement agencies the ability to conduct OINTS OF NTEREST searches in cases of suspected MN P I American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in Queens, NY; killed 265 2007 I-35W Bridge collapse - 13 people killed 2002 Department of Homeland Security created 2010 Target Field opened Beltway snipers attacks in Washington, DC EF4 tornado struck Wadena area 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on reentry into the 's atmosphere; 2011 Minnesota Lynx won the WNBA championship against the Atlanta Dream killed all seven astronauts onboard 2013 Minnesota Lynx won 2nd WNBA championship - again against the Atlanta U.S. invaded Iraq Dream Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s president, captured by U.S. Special Forces 2014 Record rainfall - the Twin Cities recorded June rainfall of 11.36 inches; this 2004 9.3 magnitude earthquake created a tsunami that devastated South Asia; was just short of the 11.67 record set in 1874. The impacts of the heavy killed more than 230,000 rainfall were evident: flooded farm fields and delayed field work, flooded 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama basements, mudslides and flooded roads caused road closures and delayed coastlines; killed at least 1,836 people; caused $81billion in damage road construction. Fifty-one out of MN 87 counties declared flooding 2007 Worldwide recession began - the worst economic downturn since the Great damages totaling millions of dollars.

Depression Virginia Tech massacre - 32 students and professors shot HUTCHINSON HI-LITES Farming Fun Facts: 2001 McLeod Country Veterans Memorial Park dedicated 2000 U.S. agricultural exports (excluding fish and forestry products) totaled $51.6 2009 First RiverSong Festival held billion dollars and generated an additional $116 billion in business 2012 Lindsay Whalen and the rest of the U.S. Women’s basketball team brought 2006 Average acres per farm was 345 home a gold medal at the Olympic games held in London 2014 Hutchinson Farmers Market opened in its new Depot Marketplace location First Appearances: 2001 iPod; iTunes, Xbox, Wikipedia 2004 Facebook LIFESTYLE 2005 YouTube 2000 2010 2006 Twitter; Wii Yearly Income – avg $42,148 $50,054 2010 iPad tablet computer Cost of a new home today $$s $169,000(57,153) $217,800(51,960) Cost of first-class stamp $0.33 $0.44 Clothing Styles Cost of a gallon of gas $1.30 $2.73 Women: low-rise pants, blazers, graphic T-shirts, tank tops, bell-bottom jeans Cost of a dozen eggs $0.96 $1.79 Men: leisure wear, polo shirts, cargo pants with zip-off legs

Cost of a gallon of milk $2.79 $3.24 Name brand athletic and sport team apparel worn by all More businesses leaned towards casual dress every day vs just Fridays Cost of a loaf of bread $0.91 $1.36 Women: tighter fitting clothing, skinny jeans, tall boots, lycra pants, capri pants Cost of flour – 5 lbs $1.43 $2.46 and tunics, scarves

Cost of coffee – 1 lb $2.54 $3.81 2004 Project Runway debut on TV Cost of sugar – 5 lbs $2.20 $3.06 Cost of hamburger – 1 lb $1.90 $2.82 Entertainment Cost of car – avg model $23,000 $27,950 2000 Reality TV became the new craze College Tuition (U of M)) $4,401 $11,094 2001 First Harry Potter movie came to theaters US Population 281 million 309 million 2005 Twilight published by author Stephenie Meyer MN Population 4.9 Million 5.3 million 2009 Michael Jackson, pop star icon, died Hutchinson Population 13,080 14,178 2011 The Oprah Winfrey Show aired its last episode after 25 seasons and more than 5,000 episodes The 21th was the start of the 3rd . This era will be noted for the War on Terrorism, the Great Recession, and the beginning of Sports the ‘green’ movement. With on-going computer technology, people can do 2001 Tiger Woods became the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles 2008 Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in swimming events at the Summer Olympic most things from the comfort of their homes; person-to-person Games; surpassed Mark Spitz’s record of seven set in 1972 communication has been replaced by the many social media options available. Potpourri 2000 Montgomery Ward announced it will cease business after 128 years Inventions 2006 reclassified from a regular planet to a dwarf planet Flash memory, digital satellite radio, AbioCor artificial heart, artificial liver, fuel cell bike, self-cleaning windows, Braille Glove, phone tooth, solar tower, virtual It Cost How Much..... keyboard, Optical Camouflage System, hybrid car, ice bike, face transplant, 2000 The cost of PCs dropped below $1000 from Compaq and Hewlett Packard infrared fever screening system, SonoPrep, bionic eye, electro needle biomedical 2004 A Samsung 42” television cost $999 sensor array, smog-earing cement, high altitude flying windmills, bionic contacts, One movie ticket in cost $7.50 retinal implants, multiplication madness 2012 Average cost of a computer is $650 Notable Inventors/Companies: Apple, Toyota Popular Girl Names Emily, Emma, Olivia, Madison, Hannah, Sophia, Isabella, Chloe

Popular Boy Names

Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Daniel, Aiden, Jackson, Ethan, Jayden